WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:08.660 altars he built as his country improved he improved his pillars their heart is false 00:00:08.660 --> 00:00:16.679 now they must bear their guilt the lord will break down their altars and destroy their pillars 00:00:16.679 --> 00:00:19.480 and we go to verse 9 00:00:19.480 --> 00:00:30.000 from the day of gibier you have sinned or israel 00:00:30.000 --> 00:00:40.579 there they have continued shall not the war against the unjust overtake them in gideon gibier 00:00:40.579 --> 00:00:49.460 when i please i will discipline them a nation shall shall be guarded against them 00:00:49.479 --> 00:01:00.699 when they are bound up for their double iniquity ephraim was a trained calf that loved to trash 00:01:00.699 --> 00:01:09.060 i spared her i spared her fair neck but i will i will 00:01:09.060 --> 00:01:18.719 but but i will put ephraim to the yoke judah must plow jacob must arrow 00:01:18.719 --> 00:01:29.939 for himself sow for yourself righteousness reap steadfast love break up your your fellow 00:01:29.939 --> 00:01:41.159 ground for it is for it is the time to seek the lord that he may come and rain righteousness upon you 00:01:41.159 --> 00:01:49.159 you have clouded iniquity you have reaped injustice you have eaten the fruit of lies because you have 00:01:49.159 --> 00:02:00.379 trusted in your own way and in the multitude of your warriors therefore the tumult of word of war shall arise 00:02:00.379 --> 00:02:08.379 and among your people among your people and all your for your fortresses shall be destroyed and 00:02:08.379 --> 00:02:19.000 shulman shulman shulman's destroyed bet arbel on the day of battle mothers were dashed in pieces 00:02:19.599 --> 00:02:27.979 with their children thus it shall be done to you or battle because because of your great evil 00:02:27.979 --> 00:02:35.699 adorn the king of israel shall be utterly cut off amen 00:02:35.699 --> 00:02:46.759 thanks very much kevin 00:02:46.759 --> 00:02:57.199 well let's pray 00:02:57.199 --> 00:03:07.299 father as we come to your word as we hear your voice 00:03:07.300 --> 00:03:18.560 it is our desire that we would grow grow in our relationship with you that we would all flourish 00:03:18.560 --> 00:03:22.880 that we would all become more fruitful 00:03:22.880 --> 00:03:31.720 enjoying you knowing you and becoming like you 00:03:31.719 --> 00:03:36.219 father may not one of us leave 00:03:36.219 --> 00:03:39.800 without you doing an effective work 00:03:39.800 --> 00:03:41.900 in our hearts today 00:03:41.900 --> 00:03:44.560 grow us 00:03:44.560 --> 00:03:48.199 make us more like yourself 00:03:48.199 --> 00:03:50.740 in jesus we pray 00:03:50.740 --> 00:03:52.139 amen 00:03:52.139 --> 00:04:00.039 well i wonder if you can remember your first date 00:04:00.039 --> 00:04:05.259 the first time that you met your prospective husband or wife 00:04:05.259 --> 00:04:08.599 what did he or she say to you 00:04:08.599 --> 00:04:11.379 please don't say 00:04:11.379 --> 00:04:14.899 you're the most beautiful person i've ever met 00:04:14.899 --> 00:04:18.579 you're my dreams come true 00:04:18.579 --> 00:04:24.199 or maybe you're still waiting for your first date and you're wondering 00:04:24.199 --> 00:04:25.600 what will i say 00:04:25.600 --> 00:04:31.480 well let me give you a knockout guaranteed chat up line 00:04:31.480 --> 00:04:32.980 here it is 00:04:32.980 --> 00:04:35.340 finding you 00:04:35.340 --> 00:04:37.939 was like finding a bunch of grapes 00:04:37.939 --> 00:04:40.939 or what about this one 00:04:40.939 --> 00:04:43.200 you're like a big 00:04:43.200 --> 00:04:44.760 ripe fig 00:04:44.760 --> 00:04:49.180 not very romantic is it 00:04:49.180 --> 00:04:51.800 and you might get a slap in your face for your troubles 00:04:51.800 --> 00:04:56.759 but this is the love language that god uses 00:04:56.759 --> 00:04:59.340 when he married his wife israel 00:04:59.340 --> 00:05:01.400 have a look at chapter 9 verse 10 00:05:01.400 --> 00:05:05.180 chapter 9 verse 10 00:05:05.180 --> 00:05:07.800 when i found israel 00:05:07.800 --> 00:05:10.780 it was like finding grapes 00:05:10.780 --> 00:05:12.120 in the desert 00:05:12.120 --> 00:05:15.780 you could imagine walking through a dry 00:05:15.780 --> 00:05:17.019 hot desert 00:05:17.019 --> 00:05:17.919 you're tired 00:05:17.919 --> 00:05:18.919 thirsty 00:05:18.919 --> 00:05:19.919 and weak 00:05:19.919 --> 00:05:22.819 and then you stumble upon this small oasis 00:05:22.819 --> 00:05:25.019 and growing all around is this vine 00:05:25.019 --> 00:05:27.339 full of delicious grapes 00:05:27.339 --> 00:05:29.199 how satisfying 00:05:29.199 --> 00:05:31.019 pleasing and refreshing 00:05:31.019 --> 00:05:33.560 to find those grapes 00:05:33.560 --> 00:05:37.219 that's how it was when god 00:05:37.219 --> 00:05:39.500 came to israel 00:05:39.500 --> 00:05:42.639 or look at the rest of verse 10 00:05:42.639 --> 00:05:44.979 he says when i saw your fathers 00:05:44.980 --> 00:05:47.939 it was like seeing the early fruit 00:05:47.939 --> 00:05:49.879 on the fig tree 00:05:49.879 --> 00:05:51.939 a farmer 00:05:51.939 --> 00:05:55.140 watches and waits for his crop 00:05:55.140 --> 00:05:56.900 longing for the harvest 00:05:56.900 --> 00:05:59.379 but knowing it's going to be another few months 00:05:59.379 --> 00:06:00.480 till there's any fruit 00:06:00.480 --> 00:06:02.259 but to his surprise 00:06:02.259 --> 00:06:06.780 he finds there's already ripe figs 00:06:06.780 --> 00:06:07.960 on the tree 00:06:07.960 --> 00:06:12.720 it's not the kind of language we use 00:06:12.720 --> 00:06:16.340 but this is the love language god uses 00:06:16.340 --> 00:06:17.280 as he remembers 00:06:17.280 --> 00:06:19.280 as he looks back to that day 00:06:19.280 --> 00:06:21.660 when he married his people 00:06:21.660 --> 00:06:25.300 his thirst to show love was quenched 00:06:25.300 --> 00:06:27.680 when he found them and rescued them 00:06:27.680 --> 00:06:30.840 his longing for that relationship was fulfilled 00:06:30.840 --> 00:06:32.600 when he chose them 00:06:32.600 --> 00:06:35.460 to be his very own people 00:06:35.460 --> 00:06:38.520 and it only seemed to get better 00:06:38.520 --> 00:06:40.540 look at chapter 10 verse 1 00:06:40.540 --> 00:06:43.720 Israel was a spreading vine 00:06:43.720 --> 00:06:47.420 he brought forth fruit for himself 00:06:47.420 --> 00:06:49.680 god nurtured the marriage 00:06:49.680 --> 00:06:51.160 provided for it 00:06:51.160 --> 00:06:52.140 cared for it 00:06:52.140 --> 00:06:53.520 and it flourished 00:06:53.520 --> 00:06:57.320 and his bride responded in faithfulness and obedience 00:06:57.320 --> 00:06:59.680 these were the best of days 00:06:59.680 --> 00:07:01.360 these were good days 00:07:01.360 --> 00:07:06.939 and it all pictures how god longs and thirsts for us 00:07:06.939 --> 00:07:08.959 to be in relationship with him 00:07:08.959 --> 00:07:10.079 to know him 00:07:10.079 --> 00:07:11.300 to enjoy him 00:07:11.300 --> 00:07:13.480 to experience his love 00:07:13.480 --> 00:07:16.819 that is god's desire for us 00:07:16.819 --> 00:07:20.199 but israel's marriage to god 00:07:20.199 --> 00:07:22.459 it did not last 00:07:22.459 --> 00:07:26.199 look at the rest of chapter 10 verse 1 00:07:26.199 --> 00:07:30.159 as his fruit increased 00:07:30.159 --> 00:07:33.899 he built more altars 00:07:33.899 --> 00:07:36.579 as his land prospered 00:07:36.579 --> 00:07:39.759 he adorned his sacred stones 00:07:39.759 --> 00:07:41.240 that was the place of worship 00:07:41.240 --> 00:07:42.519 to foreign gods 00:07:42.519 --> 00:07:45.599 so rather than give thanks to god 00:07:45.599 --> 00:07:46.919 their faithful husband 00:07:46.919 --> 00:07:49.319 for all his provision and care 00:07:49.319 --> 00:07:51.439 they began to turn away 00:07:51.439 --> 00:07:53.099 and serve other gods 00:07:53.099 --> 00:07:55.259 chase after other lovers 00:07:55.259 --> 00:07:57.339 building altars 00:07:57.339 --> 00:07:59.099 and places of sacrifices 00:07:59.099 --> 00:08:02.339 rather than a heart of love and loyalty 00:08:02.339 --> 00:08:03.599 look at verse 2 00:08:03.599 --> 00:08:06.319 their heart is deceitful 00:08:06.319 --> 00:08:09.879 and now they must bear their guilt 00:08:09.879 --> 00:08:13.560 the lord will demolish their altars 00:08:13.560 --> 00:08:16.779 and destroy their sacred stones 00:08:16.779 --> 00:08:21.379 it was a marriage that had started so well 00:08:21.379 --> 00:08:24.180 but now lies in tatters 00:08:24.180 --> 00:08:26.719 broken and ruined 00:08:26.719 --> 00:08:31.100 and i think the heart of this message 00:08:31.100 --> 00:08:33.120 from chapters 9 and 10 is this 00:08:33.120 --> 00:08:36.100 that if we do not cultivate 00:08:36.100 --> 00:08:38.580 our marriage with god 00:08:38.580 --> 00:08:41.320 if we don't nurture 00:08:41.320 --> 00:08:43.840 that marriage relationship 00:08:43.840 --> 00:08:46.120 it's in danger 00:08:46.120 --> 00:08:46.160 it's in danger 00:08:46.160 --> 00:08:48.200 of going the same 00:08:48.200 --> 00:08:49.180 way 00:08:49.180 --> 00:08:52.040 so two big ideas 00:08:52.040 --> 00:08:53.440 we're going to look at this morning 00:08:53.440 --> 00:08:54.440 the first is this 00:08:54.440 --> 00:08:55.860 reaping 00:08:55.860 --> 00:08:57.980 an unfaithful 00:08:57.980 --> 00:08:58.920 marriage 00:08:58.920 --> 00:09:01.160 this is the fruit 00:09:01.160 --> 00:09:03.560 of an unfaithful marriage 00:09:03.560 --> 00:09:04.920 chapter 9 00:09:04.920 --> 00:09:05.639 verse 1 00:09:05.639 --> 00:09:08.799 israel thought themselves 00:09:08.799 --> 00:09:09.480 quite good 00:09:09.480 --> 00:09:10.139 and grown up 00:09:10.139 --> 00:09:11.299 they didn't need god 00:09:11.299 --> 00:09:12.799 they would live a life 00:09:12.799 --> 00:09:13.439 without him 00:09:13.439 --> 00:09:15.059 so god says to them 00:09:15.059 --> 00:09:15.699 chapter 9 00:09:15.699 --> 00:09:16.279 verse 1 00:09:16.279 --> 00:09:17.939 do not rejoice 00:09:17.939 --> 00:09:19.000 o israel 00:09:19.000 --> 00:09:21.159 do not be jubilant 00:09:21.159 --> 00:09:22.419 like the other nations 00:09:22.419 --> 00:09:24.360 for you have been 00:09:24.360 --> 00:09:25.659 unfaithful 00:09:25.659 --> 00:09:27.139 to your god 00:09:27.139 --> 00:09:29.620 there's nothing to be gained 00:09:29.620 --> 00:09:31.620 by pushing god 00:09:31.620 --> 00:09:33.059 out of the marriage 00:09:33.059 --> 00:09:34.139 in fact 00:09:34.139 --> 00:09:35.979 it will lead to 00:09:35.979 --> 00:09:39.500 a return to slavery 00:09:39.500 --> 00:09:41.639 look at verse 3 00:09:41.639 --> 00:09:43.099 of chapter 9 00:09:43.099 --> 00:09:44.379 god says 00:09:44.379 --> 00:09:45.539 they will not remain 00:09:45.539 --> 00:09:47.059 in the lord's land 00:09:47.059 --> 00:09:48.439 ephraim 00:09:48.439 --> 00:09:49.159 that is 00:09:49.159 --> 00:09:50.000 god's people 00:09:50.000 --> 00:09:50.539 israel 00:09:50.539 --> 00:09:52.819 will return to egypt 00:09:52.819 --> 00:09:54.099 and eat 00:09:54.099 --> 00:09:55.500 unclean food 00:09:55.500 --> 00:09:56.939 in assyria 00:09:56.939 --> 00:09:58.359 egypt of course 00:09:58.359 --> 00:09:59.759 is a symbol 00:09:59.759 --> 00:10:00.879 for slavery 00:10:00.879 --> 00:10:02.359 remember 00:10:02.360 --> 00:10:02.980 that's 00:10:02.980 --> 00:10:03.879 what israel 00:10:03.879 --> 00:10:04.279 were 00:10:04.279 --> 00:10:05.120 before god 00:10:05.120 --> 00:10:05.879 had rescued 00:10:05.879 --> 00:10:06.220 them 00:10:06.220 --> 00:10:07.019 and married 00:10:07.019 --> 00:10:07.240 them 00:10:07.240 --> 00:10:07.700 they were 00:10:07.700 --> 00:10:08.500 slaves 00:10:08.500 --> 00:10:09.379 in a foreign 00:10:09.379 --> 00:10:09.980 land 00:10:09.980 --> 00:10:11.259 exodus 00:10:11.259 --> 00:10:11.879 records 00:10:11.879 --> 00:10:12.480 what it was 00:10:12.480 --> 00:10:12.899 like 00:10:12.899 --> 00:10:13.919 this comes 00:10:13.919 --> 00:10:14.639 from exodus 00:10:14.639 --> 00:10:15.480 chapter 1 00:10:15.480 --> 00:10:16.759 verse 11 00:10:16.759 --> 00:10:17.560 so they put 00:10:17.560 --> 00:10:18.779 slave masters 00:10:18.779 --> 00:10:19.399 over them 00:10:19.399 --> 00:10:20.180 to oppress 00:10:20.180 --> 00:10:20.500 them 00:10:20.500 --> 00:10:21.480 with forced 00:10:21.480 --> 00:10:21.879 labor 00:10:21.879 --> 00:10:23.019 they made 00:10:23.019 --> 00:10:23.659 their lives 00:10:23.659 --> 00:10:24.100 bitter 00:10:24.100 --> 00:10:24.980 with hard 00:10:24.980 --> 00:10:25.419 labor 00:10:25.419 --> 00:10:26.399 in brick 00:10:26.399 --> 00:10:27.019 and mortar 00:10:27.019 --> 00:10:27.399 and with 00:10:27.399 --> 00:10:28.100 all kinds 00:10:28.100 --> 00:10:28.539 of work 00:10:28.539 --> 00:10:29.220 in the fields 00:10:29.220 --> 00:10:30.180 in all 00:10:30.180 --> 00:10:30.840 their hard 00:10:30.840 --> 00:10:31.240 labor 00:10:31.240 --> 00:10:32.600 the egyptians 00:10:32.600 --> 00:10:33.180 used them 00:10:33.180 --> 00:10:34.039 ruthlessly 00:10:34.039 --> 00:10:35.560 during that 00:10:35.560 --> 00:10:36.419 long period 00:10:36.419 --> 00:10:37.240 which was 00:10:37.240 --> 00:10:38.899 400 years 00:10:38.899 --> 00:10:39.580 of slavery 00:10:39.580 --> 00:10:40.600 the king 00:10:40.600 --> 00:10:41.060 of egypt 00:10:41.060 --> 00:10:41.580 died 00:10:41.580 --> 00:10:42.740 the israelites 00:10:42.740 --> 00:10:43.639 groaned in 00:10:43.639 --> 00:10:44.320 their slavery 00:10:44.320 --> 00:10:45.700 and cried out 00:10:45.700 --> 00:10:46.519 and their cry 00:10:46.519 --> 00:10:47.159 for help 00:10:47.159 --> 00:10:47.759 because of 00:10:47.759 --> 00:10:48.560 their slavery 00:10:48.560 --> 00:10:49.840 went up 00:10:49.840 --> 00:10:50.519 to god 00:10:50.519 --> 00:10:52.340 now says 00:10:52.340 --> 00:10:52.779 god 00:10:52.779 --> 00:10:54.559 if you 00:10:54.559 --> 00:10:55.360 walk out 00:10:55.360 --> 00:10:55.740 on the 00:10:55.740 --> 00:10:56.379 marriage 00:10:56.379 --> 00:10:57.759 it would 00:10:57.759 --> 00:10:58.199 be like 00:10:58.199 --> 00:10:58.639 walking 00:10:58.639 --> 00:10:59.360 straight 00:10:59.360 --> 00:10:59.879 back 00:10:59.879 --> 00:11:01.019 into 00:11:01.019 --> 00:11:01.659 slavery 00:11:01.659 --> 00:11:02.500 all over 00:11:02.500 --> 00:11:02.939 again 00:11:02.939 --> 00:11:04.879 verse 3 00:11:04.879 --> 00:11:06.059 ephraim 00:11:06.059 --> 00:11:07.240 will return 00:11:07.240 --> 00:11:08.299 to egypt 00:11:08.299 --> 00:11:09.079 and eat 00:11:09.079 --> 00:11:09.960 the unclean 00:11:09.960 --> 00:11:10.500 food 00:11:10.500 --> 00:11:11.759 of assyria 00:11:11.759 --> 00:11:12.480 they might 00:11:12.480 --> 00:11:13.199 not go back 00:11:13.199 --> 00:11:14.100 to physical 00:11:14.100 --> 00:11:14.740 egypt 00:11:14.740 --> 00:11:15.779 in fact 00:11:15.779 --> 00:11:16.480 assyria 00:11:16.480 --> 00:11:17.000 the great 00:11:17.000 --> 00:11:17.360 nation 00:11:17.360 --> 00:11:17.720 is going 00:11:17.720 --> 00:11:18.100 to come 00:11:18.100 --> 00:11:18.439 in and 00:11:18.439 --> 00:11:18.899 take them 00:11:18.899 --> 00:11:19.620 away to 00:11:19.620 --> 00:11:20.360 be slaves 00:11:20.360 --> 00:11:21.360 somewhere 00:11:21.360 --> 00:11:22.039 else 00:11:22.039 --> 00:11:24.559 verse 6 00:11:24.559 --> 00:11:27.120 even if 00:11:27.120 --> 00:11:28.019 they escape 00:11:28.019 --> 00:11:29.459 from destruction 00:11:29.459 --> 00:11:30.860 egypt 00:11:30.860 --> 00:11:31.720 will gather 00:11:31.720 --> 00:11:32.079 them 00:11:32.079 --> 00:11:33.620 and memphis 00:11:33.620 --> 00:11:34.799 will bury 00:11:34.799 --> 00:11:35.159 them 00:11:35.159 --> 00:11:36.100 memphis 00:11:36.100 --> 00:11:36.639 of course 00:11:36.639 --> 00:11:37.100 was the 00:11:37.100 --> 00:11:37.720 huge 00:11:37.720 --> 00:11:38.340 graveyard 00:11:38.340 --> 00:11:39.340 in egypt 00:11:39.340 --> 00:11:40.620 that was 00:11:40.620 --> 00:11:41.059 reserved 00:11:41.059 --> 00:11:41.879 for all 00:11:41.879 --> 00:11:42.579 the slaves 00:11:42.579 --> 00:11:42.939 who had 00:11:42.939 --> 00:11:43.279 died 00:11:43.279 --> 00:11:44.259 so either 00:11:44.259 --> 00:11:44.740 you would 00:11:44.740 --> 00:11:45.779 be a slave 00:11:45.779 --> 00:11:47.000 or he's 00:11:47.000 --> 00:11:47.519 saying you 00:11:47.519 --> 00:11:47.960 are going 00:11:47.960 --> 00:11:48.740 to die 00:11:48.740 --> 00:11:49.720 a slave 00:11:49.720 --> 00:11:50.639 walking 00:11:50.639 --> 00:11:51.240 out on 00:11:51.240 --> 00:11:51.600 god 00:11:51.600 --> 00:11:51.879 will be 00:11:51.879 --> 00:11:52.120 like 00:11:52.120 --> 00:11:52.539 walking 00:11:52.539 --> 00:11:53.180 straight 00:11:53.180 --> 00:11:53.680 back 00:11:53.680 --> 00:11:54.720 into a 00:11:54.720 --> 00:11:55.399 life of 00:11:55.399 --> 00:11:55.940 slavery 00:11:55.940 --> 00:11:56.899 under a 00:11:56.899 --> 00:11:57.360 cruel 00:11:57.360 --> 00:11:58.200 harsh 00:11:58.200 --> 00:11:59.220 master 00:11:59.220 --> 00:12:00.519 leaving 00:12:00.519 --> 00:12:00.860 your 00:12:00.860 --> 00:12:01.580 faithful 00:12:01.580 --> 00:12:02.120 loyal 00:12:02.120 --> 00:12:02.600 husband 00:12:02.600 --> 00:12:04.480 and turning 00:12:04.480 --> 00:12:05.100 back to 00:12:05.100 --> 00:12:05.620 something 00:12:05.620 --> 00:12:06.620 that will 00:12:06.620 --> 00:12:07.039 be a 00:12:07.039 --> 00:12:07.360 burden 00:12:07.360 --> 00:12:07.960 to you 00:12:07.960 --> 00:12:11.060 you see 00:12:11.060 --> 00:12:11.600 it's really 00:12:11.600 --> 00:12:12.220 no different 00:12:12.220 --> 00:12:13.000 for us 00:12:13.000 --> 00:12:14.639 because 00:12:14.639 --> 00:12:15.139 in a 00:12:15.139 --> 00:12:15.620 greater 00:12:15.620 --> 00:12:16.060 way 00:12:16.059 --> 00:12:17.459 we have 00:12:17.459 --> 00:12:17.739 been 00:12:17.739 --> 00:12:18.399 rescued 00:12:18.399 --> 00:12:18.939 by 00:12:18.939 --> 00:12:19.619 jesus 00:12:19.619 --> 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00:20:25.420 --> 00:20:26.620 terrifying 00:20:26.620 --> 00:20:28.400 it's 00:20:28.400 --> 00:20:28.680 like 00:20:28.680 --> 00:20:29.079 people 00:20:29.079 --> 00:20:29.360 would 00:20:29.360 --> 00:20:29.740 rather 00:20:29.740 --> 00:20:30.360 die 00:20:30.360 --> 00:20:30.740 in an 00:20:30.740 --> 00:20:31.079 earthquake 00:20:31.079 --> 00:20:31.799 quickly 00:20:31.799 --> 00:20:33.279 than 00:20:33.279 --> 00:20:33.759 endure 00:20:33.759 --> 00:20:34.420 an 00:20:34.420 --> 00:20:35.140 eternity 00:20:35.140 --> 00:20:36.019 of 00:20:36.019 --> 00:20:36.819 slavery 00:20:36.819 --> 00:20:40.139 and sorrow and curse. 00:20:41.460 --> 00:20:42.859 Verse 17, 00:20:43.019 --> 00:20:46.339 For the great day of their wrath has come, 00:20:47.599 --> 00:20:50.079 and who can stand? 00:20:52.419 --> 00:20:54.859 And who of us can stand? 00:20:55.980 --> 00:20:57.679 Because like Israel, 00:20:57.799 --> 00:21:00.399 we've all pushed God out of the marriage. 00:21:00.399 --> 00:21:01.240 We've all said, 00:21:01.379 --> 00:21:03.039 No, I can do things my way. 00:21:03.419 --> 00:21:06.240 We've all exchanged God for other things 00:21:06.240 --> 00:21:07.079 and other people 00:21:07.079 --> 00:21:09.259 and chased after other lovers 00:21:09.259 --> 00:21:11.019 looking for joy and happiness. 00:21:12.359 --> 00:21:14.440 So how will any of us stand? 00:21:17.000 --> 00:21:20.640 Well, have a look at Revelation 7, verse 9. 00:21:22.579 --> 00:21:24.420 Revelation 7, verse 9. 00:21:24.579 --> 00:21:26.059 Here we get another picture. 00:21:27.279 --> 00:21:29.960 Again, the risen Lord Jesus has come. 00:21:31.440 --> 00:21:32.380 Verse 9, 00:21:32.519 --> 00:21:33.480 After this, 00:21:33.480 --> 00:21:36.920 I looked and there before me 00:21:36.920 --> 00:21:38.259 was a great multitude 00:21:38.259 --> 00:21:39.640 that no one could count 00:21:39.640 --> 00:21:43.799 from every nation, tribe, people and language. 00:21:45.740 --> 00:21:47.240 And look what they're doing. 00:21:48.099 --> 00:21:49.579 They are standing 00:21:49.579 --> 00:21:52.019 before the throne 00:21:52.019 --> 00:21:54.259 and in front of the Lamb. 00:21:54.259 --> 00:21:58.319 How can they do that? 00:21:58.400 --> 00:21:59.839 How can they be standing? 00:22:00.240 --> 00:22:01.359 How can they face 00:22:01.359 --> 00:22:03.700 this risen Lord Jesus? 00:22:04.839 --> 00:22:05.599 Well, we're told 00:22:05.599 --> 00:22:08.720 they were wearing white robes. 00:22:09.980 --> 00:22:11.700 And what were their white robes? 00:22:11.700 --> 00:22:13.440 Well, look down at verse 13. 00:22:13.920 --> 00:22:15.160 One of the elders asked me, 00:22:15.460 --> 00:22:16.660 These in the white robes, 00:22:16.720 --> 00:22:17.339 who are they 00:22:17.339 --> 00:22:18.960 and where did they come from? 00:22:19.400 --> 00:22:20.039 I answered, 00:22:20.240 --> 00:22:20.980 Sir, you know. 00:22:20.980 --> 00:22:21.460 And he said, 00:22:21.720 --> 00:22:22.759 These are they 00:22:22.759 --> 00:22:23.960 who have come out 00:22:23.960 --> 00:22:25.559 of the great tribulation. 00:22:25.740 --> 00:22:27.579 They have gone through the judgment. 00:22:27.740 --> 00:22:29.099 They've passed through it. 00:22:30.740 --> 00:22:31.299 Why? 00:22:31.839 --> 00:22:34.299 Because they have washed their robes 00:22:34.299 --> 00:22:36.220 and made them white 00:22:36.220 --> 00:22:38.180 in the blood of the Lamb. 00:22:39.460 --> 00:22:39.980 Therefore, 00:22:40.539 --> 00:22:42.720 they are before the throne of God 00:22:42.720 --> 00:22:43.740 and they serve Him 00:22:43.740 --> 00:22:45.380 day and night in His temple. 00:22:45.700 --> 00:22:47.240 And He who sits on the throne 00:22:47.240 --> 00:22:48.940 will spread His tent over them. 00:22:48.940 --> 00:22:50.720 Never again will they hunger. 00:22:51.120 --> 00:22:52.320 Never again will they thirst. 00:22:52.640 --> 00:22:54.860 The sun will not beat upon them 00:22:54.860 --> 00:22:57.039 nor any scorching heat. 00:22:59.299 --> 00:23:00.720 No more slavery. 00:23:01.860 --> 00:23:03.240 No more sorrow. 00:23:04.100 --> 00:23:05.920 No more curse. 00:23:07.400 --> 00:23:09.380 They have gone through. 00:23:09.920 --> 00:23:11.019 They have escaped 00:23:11.019 --> 00:23:12.640 because they have trusted 00:23:12.640 --> 00:23:15.480 in the Lord Jesus Christ. 00:23:15.480 --> 00:23:18.200 We can stand 00:23:18.200 --> 00:23:20.620 even though we have failed 00:23:20.620 --> 00:23:23.860 because of what Christ has done 00:23:23.860 --> 00:23:25.400 for us. 00:23:27.140 --> 00:23:27.759 So, 00:23:28.299 --> 00:23:29.599 He says, 00:23:29.740 --> 00:23:30.319 Watch out 00:23:30.319 --> 00:23:32.460 if we are living 00:23:32.460 --> 00:23:34.799 in an unfaithful marriage 00:23:34.799 --> 00:23:35.819 with the Lord. 00:23:37.220 --> 00:23:38.079 So second, 00:23:38.920 --> 00:23:40.360 we need to cultivate 00:23:40.360 --> 00:23:42.779 therefore a fruitful marriage. 00:23:42.900 --> 00:23:44.059 Go back to Hosea. 00:23:44.059 --> 00:23:45.399 You see, 00:23:45.500 --> 00:23:46.559 if we are to avoid 00:23:46.559 --> 00:23:48.279 a broken marriage with God, 00:23:48.440 --> 00:23:49.379 we must learn 00:23:49.379 --> 00:23:50.339 to cultivate 00:23:50.339 --> 00:23:51.819 the marriage. 00:23:52.539 --> 00:23:53.639 So let me show you 00:23:53.639 --> 00:23:55.179 three ways 00:23:55.179 --> 00:23:56.859 we can do this. 00:23:56.940 --> 00:23:58.279 What it is to cultivate 00:23:58.279 --> 00:23:59.980 a fruitful marriage. 00:24:00.599 --> 00:24:01.679 Here's the first one. 00:24:02.279 --> 00:24:03.119 Break open 00:24:03.119 --> 00:24:05.720 our hard hearts. 00:24:06.519 --> 00:24:07.759 Look at chapter 10, 00:24:07.859 --> 00:24:08.819 verse 11. 00:24:10.460 --> 00:24:11.059 Ephraim, 00:24:11.059 --> 00:24:12.159 again, 00:24:12.279 --> 00:24:12.639 that's 00:24:12.639 --> 00:24:14.379 description of Israel. 00:24:14.579 --> 00:24:16.019 Ephraim is a trained 00:24:16.019 --> 00:24:16.539 heifer 00:24:16.539 --> 00:24:18.519 that loves to thresh, 00:24:18.659 --> 00:24:20.379 loves to bounce about 00:24:20.379 --> 00:24:21.139 on the corn 00:24:21.139 --> 00:24:22.759 and thresh the corn out. 00:24:23.619 --> 00:24:24.339 So God says, 00:24:24.440 --> 00:24:25.440 I will put a yoke 00:24:25.440 --> 00:24:27.460 on her fair neck. 00:24:28.159 --> 00:24:29.720 I will drive 00:24:29.720 --> 00:24:30.480 Ephraim. 00:24:30.940 --> 00:24:32.759 Judah must plough 00:24:32.759 --> 00:24:34.000 and Jacob 00:24:34.000 --> 00:24:35.179 must break up 00:24:35.179 --> 00:24:35.720 the ground. 00:24:36.720 --> 00:24:37.240 Ephraim, 00:24:37.480 --> 00:24:37.899 Judah, 00:24:38.279 --> 00:24:38.619 Jacob, 00:24:38.619 --> 00:24:40.299 well these were all names 00:24:40.299 --> 00:24:41.439 for God's people 00:24:41.439 --> 00:24:42.779 and he's calling them 00:24:42.779 --> 00:24:44.619 to plough the ground 00:24:44.619 --> 00:24:46.059 of their hard hearts. 00:24:46.719 --> 00:24:47.899 Just as a farmer 00:24:47.899 --> 00:24:48.899 would put the yoke 00:24:48.899 --> 00:24:49.739 on his cow 00:24:49.739 --> 00:24:50.739 and head it off 00:24:50.739 --> 00:24:51.559 into the field, 00:24:52.239 --> 00:24:53.199 so the people 00:24:53.199 --> 00:24:54.000 must set about 00:24:54.000 --> 00:24:54.959 the hard work 00:24:54.959 --> 00:24:56.379 of breaking up 00:24:56.379 --> 00:24:57.719 their hard hearts. 00:24:59.039 --> 00:25:00.419 We see the same imagery 00:25:00.419 --> 00:25:00.959 in the middle 00:25:00.959 --> 00:25:01.779 of verse 12. 00:25:02.739 --> 00:25:03.679 Break up 00:25:03.679 --> 00:25:05.319 your unploughed 00:25:05.319 --> 00:25:06.099 ground 00:25:06.099 --> 00:25:08.419 for it is time 00:25:08.419 --> 00:25:09.359 to seek 00:25:09.359 --> 00:25:10.399 the Lord. 00:25:11.980 --> 00:25:12.579 You see, 00:25:12.679 --> 00:25:13.179 the sin, 00:25:13.319 --> 00:25:14.579 that unfaithfulness, 00:25:15.279 --> 00:25:16.359 if it is not 00:25:16.359 --> 00:25:17.299 dealt with, 00:25:18.019 --> 00:25:19.480 all sin will do 00:25:19.480 --> 00:25:21.179 is harden our hearts 00:25:21.179 --> 00:25:23.000 and we will become 00:25:23.000 --> 00:25:24.419 desensitised 00:25:24.419 --> 00:25:25.500 to God's Spirit. 00:25:26.000 --> 00:25:26.659 We no longer 00:25:26.659 --> 00:25:27.500 become aware 00:25:27.500 --> 00:25:28.000 of sin 00:25:28.000 --> 00:25:29.079 and how it's 00:25:29.079 --> 00:25:29.759 damaging us. 00:25:29.859 --> 00:25:30.980 We continue to drift 00:25:30.980 --> 00:25:31.779 and we're not even 00:25:31.779 --> 00:25:32.819 aware we're drifting. 00:25:33.199 --> 00:25:34.319 We become immune 00:25:34.319 --> 00:25:35.480 to its effects. 00:25:36.099 --> 00:25:37.319 So we are to 00:25:37.319 --> 00:25:38.159 break up 00:25:38.159 --> 00:25:39.559 the hard hearts 00:25:39.559 --> 00:25:40.899 by seeking 00:25:40.899 --> 00:25:41.519 the Lord, 00:25:41.959 --> 00:25:43.079 calling out to Him 00:25:43.079 --> 00:25:44.179 and asking Him, 00:25:44.279 --> 00:25:44.419 Lord, 00:25:44.619 --> 00:25:45.839 soften my heart, 00:25:46.279 --> 00:25:47.619 break my heart 00:25:47.619 --> 00:25:49.419 so I can be 00:25:49.419 --> 00:25:50.139 receptive 00:25:50.139 --> 00:25:51.519 to You. 00:25:52.819 --> 00:25:53.419 So that's 00:25:53.419 --> 00:25:53.980 step one, 00:25:54.059 --> 00:25:54.879 we are to break 00:25:54.879 --> 00:25:56.279 open our hard hearts. 00:25:56.839 --> 00:25:57.299 Two, 00:25:58.019 --> 00:25:58.779 we are to 00:25:58.779 --> 00:25:59.899 sow the seed 00:25:59.899 --> 00:26:01.539 of the gospel. 00:26:02.539 --> 00:26:03.259 Look at 00:26:03.259 --> 00:26:03.959 verse 12. 00:26:03.960 --> 00:26:06.140 having broken 00:26:06.140 --> 00:26:07.019 up the land, 00:26:07.460 --> 00:26:08.059 he says, 00:26:08.720 --> 00:26:09.980 sow for yourselves 00:26:09.980 --> 00:26:11.400 righteousness. 00:26:12.539 --> 00:26:13.980 Sow for yourselves 00:26:13.980 --> 00:26:14.759 righteousness. 00:26:15.180 --> 00:26:16.559 As we break up 00:26:16.559 --> 00:26:17.519 the hard ground, 00:26:17.960 --> 00:26:18.860 now we begin 00:26:18.860 --> 00:26:19.579 to scatter 00:26:19.579 --> 00:26:20.279 and sow. 00:26:21.180 --> 00:26:22.440 And in this context, 00:26:22.600 --> 00:26:23.680 I think righteousness 00:26:23.680 --> 00:26:25.880 are those things 00:26:25.880 --> 00:26:27.160 that look back 00:26:27.160 --> 00:26:28.220 to how we first 00:26:28.220 --> 00:26:29.640 started our relationship 00:26:29.640 --> 00:26:30.380 with God. 00:26:31.140 --> 00:26:31.680 It's to 00:26:31.680 --> 00:26:32.820 re-sow 00:26:32.820 --> 00:26:33.560 those things 00:26:33.560 --> 00:26:34.700 that brought about 00:26:34.700 --> 00:26:35.460 our relationship 00:26:35.460 --> 00:26:35.980 with Him. 00:26:36.280 --> 00:26:37.700 Things like grace, 00:26:38.500 --> 00:26:39.640 reminding ourselves 00:26:39.640 --> 00:26:41.380 of God's loving kindness, 00:26:41.540 --> 00:26:42.840 how He redeemed us 00:26:42.840 --> 00:26:44.220 and rescued us 00:26:44.220 --> 00:26:45.060 and called us 00:26:45.060 --> 00:26:45.880 to be His. 00:26:46.860 --> 00:26:48.460 Feeding into our lives 00:26:48.460 --> 00:26:49.200 His grace 00:26:49.200 --> 00:26:50.300 day after day. 00:26:51.340 --> 00:26:52.520 Sowing to ourselves, 00:26:52.820 --> 00:26:53.360 if you like, 00:26:53.440 --> 00:26:54.040 repentance, 00:26:54.360 --> 00:26:55.440 turning back again 00:26:55.440 --> 00:26:56.019 to God 00:26:56.019 --> 00:26:57.580 and trusting 00:26:57.580 --> 00:26:58.420 in Him again 00:26:58.420 --> 00:26:59.140 in faith 00:26:59.140 --> 00:27:00.600 that God is enough, 00:27:00.720 --> 00:27:01.779 that He is sufficient, 00:27:02.140 --> 00:27:03.200 He is my joy, 00:27:03.340 --> 00:27:04.380 He is my happiness. 00:27:06.519 --> 00:27:07.980 We are to plant 00:27:07.980 --> 00:27:09.559 the gospel seed 00:27:09.559 --> 00:27:11.180 into our lives 00:27:11.180 --> 00:27:12.720 and water it 00:27:12.720 --> 00:27:13.620 and let it 00:27:13.620 --> 00:27:14.640 flourish. 00:27:18.100 --> 00:27:19.740 And as we sow, 00:27:20.700 --> 00:27:22.080 we must be careful 00:27:22.080 --> 00:27:22.960 not to do 00:27:22.960 --> 00:27:24.120 what Israel did. 00:27:24.200 --> 00:27:25.299 Look at verse 13. 00:27:25.440 --> 00:27:27.340 Israel, 00:27:27.559 --> 00:27:28.660 what did they do? 00:27:28.880 --> 00:27:29.220 He says, 00:27:29.279 --> 00:27:30.600 but you have planted 00:27:30.600 --> 00:27:31.759 wickedness 00:27:31.759 --> 00:27:33.480 and you have 00:27:33.480 --> 00:27:34.640 reaped evil. 00:27:35.900 --> 00:27:36.759 You have eaten 00:27:36.759 --> 00:27:38.320 the fruit of deception. 00:27:40.500 --> 00:27:41.259 You see, 00:27:41.340 --> 00:27:42.059 if we sow 00:27:42.059 --> 00:27:43.299 the wrong kind 00:27:43.299 --> 00:27:43.960 of seed, 00:27:44.539 --> 00:27:45.500 if we continue 00:27:45.500 --> 00:27:46.440 to feed 00:27:46.440 --> 00:27:48.220 our sinful nature, 00:27:49.660 --> 00:27:50.240 well then we'll 00:27:50.240 --> 00:27:52.100 reap destruction, 00:27:52.440 --> 00:27:53.740 we'll reap evil, 00:27:53.880 --> 00:27:54.880 we'll wreak havoc 00:27:54.880 --> 00:27:55.780 in our lives. 00:27:56.620 --> 00:27:57.380 But instead, 00:27:57.600 --> 00:27:58.200 if we begin 00:27:58.200 --> 00:27:59.260 to sow the seed 00:27:59.260 --> 00:27:59.980 of righteousness, 00:28:00.660 --> 00:28:01.420 our hearts 00:28:01.420 --> 00:28:02.040 will become 00:28:02.040 --> 00:28:02.880 softened 00:28:02.880 --> 00:28:04.680 and we will 00:28:04.680 --> 00:28:05.640 reap something 00:28:05.640 --> 00:28:06.340 beautiful, 00:28:06.580 --> 00:28:07.500 something good. 00:28:08.940 --> 00:28:09.940 Which is what 00:28:09.940 --> 00:28:11.360 the third step is. 00:28:12.500 --> 00:28:13.680 Having broken 00:28:13.680 --> 00:28:15.260 open our hard hearts, 00:28:16.420 --> 00:28:17.340 sowing the seed 00:28:17.340 --> 00:28:18.100 of the gospel, 00:28:18.580 --> 00:28:19.000 third, 00:28:19.120 --> 00:28:19.680 we can now 00:28:19.680 --> 00:28:21.060 harvest the fruit 00:28:21.060 --> 00:28:22.440 of unfailing love. 00:28:22.440 --> 00:28:23.220 look at verse 00:28:23.220 --> 00:28:23.980 12 again. 00:28:24.759 --> 00:28:25.940 Sow for yourselves 00:28:25.940 --> 00:28:26.620 righteousness 00:28:26.620 --> 00:28:28.700 and reap 00:28:28.700 --> 00:28:29.480 the fruit 00:28:29.480 --> 00:28:31.940 of unfailing love. 00:28:33.720 --> 00:28:34.380 You see, 00:28:34.460 --> 00:28:35.000 the farmer 00:28:35.000 --> 00:28:35.880 who goes out 00:28:35.880 --> 00:28:36.880 and breaks up 00:28:36.880 --> 00:28:37.880 the hard ground 00:28:37.880 --> 00:28:39.059 and sows 00:28:39.059 --> 00:28:40.120 the ripe seed 00:28:40.120 --> 00:28:41.340 will harvest 00:28:41.340 --> 00:28:42.259 and reap 00:28:42.259 --> 00:28:43.860 grain and fruit 00:28:43.860 --> 00:28:44.660 in abundance. 00:28:45.299 --> 00:28:46.480 And in the same way, 00:28:46.559 --> 00:28:47.420 if we're breaking 00:28:47.420 --> 00:28:48.539 up our hard hearts, 00:28:48.840 --> 00:28:49.759 if we're sowing 00:28:49.759 --> 00:28:50.900 the seed of righteousness, 00:28:50.900 --> 00:28:52.400 we will in turn 00:28:52.400 --> 00:28:54.220 harvest or reap 00:28:54.220 --> 00:28:56.080 unfailing love. 00:28:58.360 --> 00:28:59.740 Now that doesn't mean 00:28:59.740 --> 00:29:01.420 if we do certain things 00:29:01.420 --> 00:29:02.140 God is going 00:29:02.140 --> 00:29:03.240 to love me more. 00:29:04.080 --> 00:29:04.300 No, 00:29:04.380 --> 00:29:05.160 God is always 00:29:05.160 --> 00:29:06.580 steadfast in his love 00:29:06.580 --> 00:29:07.420 towards us. 00:29:07.640 --> 00:29:08.480 But we only 00:29:08.480 --> 00:29:09.980 begin to experience 00:29:09.980 --> 00:29:10.820 that love 00:29:10.820 --> 00:29:12.540 and enjoy that love 00:29:12.540 --> 00:29:13.640 as we cultivate 00:29:13.640 --> 00:29:15.620 a healthy marriage. 00:29:16.940 --> 00:29:18.019 But more than that, 00:29:18.100 --> 00:29:18.940 not just will we 00:29:18.940 --> 00:29:20.360 reap unfailing love, 00:29:20.900 --> 00:29:21.640 look at the rest 00:29:21.640 --> 00:29:22.420 of verse 12. 00:29:22.900 --> 00:29:23.240 He says, 00:29:23.360 --> 00:29:24.900 break up the unplowed ground 00:29:24.900 --> 00:29:25.600 for it's time 00:29:25.600 --> 00:29:26.420 to seek the Lord 00:29:26.420 --> 00:29:27.340 until he comes 00:29:27.340 --> 00:29:29.240 and showers 00:29:29.240 --> 00:29:30.400 righteousness 00:29:30.400 --> 00:29:32.060 on you. 00:29:32.220 --> 00:29:33.360 What a beautiful 00:29:33.360 --> 00:29:34.080 picture, 00:29:34.240 --> 00:29:35.060 that image. 00:29:37.540 --> 00:29:39.100 The raining down, 00:29:39.259 --> 00:29:39.740 if you like, 00:29:39.780 --> 00:29:41.280 of God's righteousness 00:29:41.280 --> 00:29:42.200 upon us. 00:29:42.420 --> 00:29:43.740 Just like the rain 00:29:43.740 --> 00:29:45.120 falls from the sky 00:29:45.120 --> 00:29:46.840 onto the hard ground 00:29:46.840 --> 00:29:48.280 and breaks it up 00:29:48.279 --> 00:29:49.940 and causes those seeds 00:29:49.940 --> 00:29:51.339 to grow and flourish, 00:29:51.660 --> 00:29:52.819 so the showers 00:29:52.819 --> 00:29:53.660 of righteousness 00:29:53.660 --> 00:29:54.940 will fall down 00:29:54.940 --> 00:29:55.819 and pour down 00:29:55.819 --> 00:29:56.680 upon our lives 00:29:56.680 --> 00:29:58.160 and we will harvest 00:29:58.160 --> 00:29:59.519 a life of forgiveness, 00:30:00.099 --> 00:30:02.019 of joy and peace 00:30:02.019 --> 00:30:04.019 and enjoyment with God. 00:30:10.019 --> 00:30:12.940 Cultivate a fruitful marriage. 00:30:12.940 --> 00:30:16.080 Paul takes this 00:30:16.080 --> 00:30:16.980 a little bit further 00:30:16.980 --> 00:30:17.799 for us. 00:30:18.940 --> 00:30:20.320 Have a look at Galatians 00:30:20.320 --> 00:30:22.039 chapter 6. 00:30:22.140 --> 00:30:22.779 It's on page 00:30:22.779 --> 00:30:24.539 1172. 00:30:25.420 --> 00:30:27.220 Galatians chapter 6 00:30:27.220 --> 00:30:30.259 verse 7. 00:30:30.680 --> 00:30:31.400 On page 00:30:31.400 --> 00:30:33.519 1172. 00:30:33.820 --> 00:30:35.539 Galatians chapter 6 00:30:35.539 --> 00:30:37.879 and verse 7. 00:30:45.099 --> 00:30:46.039 So as we 00:30:46.039 --> 00:30:46.879 come to this, 00:30:46.980 --> 00:30:47.480 think about 00:30:47.480 --> 00:30:48.359 what am I 00:30:48.359 --> 00:30:49.159 reaping? 00:30:51.000 --> 00:30:52.079 Am I reaping 00:30:52.079 --> 00:30:52.980 an unfaithful 00:30:52.980 --> 00:30:53.480 marriage? 00:30:54.960 --> 00:30:56.000 Or am I 00:30:56.000 --> 00:30:57.019 cultivating 00:30:57.019 --> 00:30:58.000 a fruitful 00:30:58.000 --> 00:30:58.700 marriage? 00:31:00.079 --> 00:31:00.339 Well, 00:31:00.359 --> 00:31:00.960 chapter 6 00:31:00.960 --> 00:31:01.480 verse 7. 00:31:01.599 --> 00:31:02.339 Do not be 00:31:02.339 --> 00:31:02.940 deceived. 00:31:02.940 --> 00:31:05.279 God cannot 00:31:05.279 --> 00:31:06.180 be mocked. 00:31:06.220 --> 00:31:06.680 He knows 00:31:06.680 --> 00:31:07.400 what our hearts 00:31:07.400 --> 00:31:07.820 are like. 00:31:07.880 --> 00:31:08.299 He knows 00:31:08.299 --> 00:31:09.200 what's going on. 00:31:10.460 --> 00:31:11.100 A man 00:31:11.100 --> 00:31:11.660 reaps 00:31:11.660 --> 00:31:12.860 what he 00:31:12.860 --> 00:31:13.360 sows. 00:31:14.440 --> 00:31:14.960 The one 00:31:14.960 --> 00:31:15.580 who sows 00:31:15.580 --> 00:31:16.200 to please 00:31:16.200 --> 00:31:16.900 his sinful 00:31:16.900 --> 00:31:17.380 nature 00:31:17.380 --> 00:31:18.039 from that 00:31:18.039 --> 00:31:18.539 nature 00:31:18.539 --> 00:31:19.400 will reap 00:31:19.400 --> 00:31:20.039 destruction. 00:31:20.660 --> 00:31:21.120 The one 00:31:21.120 --> 00:31:21.660 who sows 00:31:21.660 --> 00:31:22.299 to please 00:31:22.299 --> 00:31:23.160 the Spirit 00:31:23.160 --> 00:31:24.380 from the 00:31:24.380 --> 00:31:24.840 Spirit 00:31:24.840 --> 00:31:26.380 will reap 00:31:26.380 --> 00:31:27.340 eternal 00:31:27.340 --> 00:31:28.440 life. 00:31:28.440 --> 00:31:33.340 you are 00:31:33.340 --> 00:31:34.620 what you 00:31:34.620 --> 00:31:35.019 sow. 00:31:36.539 --> 00:31:37.100 In other 00:31:37.100 --> 00:31:37.320 words, 00:31:37.440 --> 00:31:37.840 what you 00:31:37.840 --> 00:31:38.340 sow 00:31:38.340 --> 00:31:39.120 in your 00:31:39.120 --> 00:31:39.660 life 00:31:39.660 --> 00:31:40.820 you will 00:31:40.820 --> 00:31:41.240 reap. 00:31:42.140 --> 00:31:43.100 The seeds 00:31:43.100 --> 00:31:43.680 that you 00:31:43.680 --> 00:31:44.080 sow 00:31:44.080 --> 00:31:44.900 will bear 00:31:44.900 --> 00:31:45.559 its own 00:31:45.559 --> 00:31:45.920 fruit. 00:31:46.160 --> 00:31:46.660 If you 00:31:46.660 --> 00:31:47.120 sow an 00:31:47.120 --> 00:31:47.779 apple seed, 00:31:48.180 --> 00:31:48.559 you're going 00:31:48.559 --> 00:31:48.820 to get 00:31:48.820 --> 00:31:49.180 apples. 00:31:49.299 --> 00:31:49.519 If you 00:31:49.519 --> 00:31:50.160 throw orange 00:31:50.160 --> 00:31:50.640 seeds in 00:31:50.640 --> 00:31:50.980 the ground, 00:31:51.080 --> 00:31:51.299 you're going 00:31:51.299 --> 00:31:51.559 to get 00:31:51.559 --> 00:31:52.000 oranges. 00:31:52.580 --> 00:31:52.980 In the 00:31:52.980 --> 00:31:53.620 same way, 00:31:54.059 --> 00:31:54.680 the life 00:31:54.680 --> 00:31:55.559 we live 00:31:55.559 --> 00:31:55.860 now, 00:31:55.960 --> 00:31:56.660 the choices 00:31:56.660 --> 00:31:57.259 that we 00:31:57.259 --> 00:31:57.700 make, 00:31:57.700 --> 00:31:59.860 the decisions 00:31:59.860 --> 00:32:00.420 that we're 00:32:00.420 --> 00:32:00.799 making, 00:32:00.920 --> 00:32:01.299 what we're 00:32:01.299 --> 00:32:02.500 feeding into 00:32:02.500 --> 00:32:03.240 our life 00:32:03.240 --> 00:32:04.100 will have 00:32:04.100 --> 00:32:05.080 consequences 00:32:05.080 --> 00:32:06.100 and effects 00:32:06.100 --> 00:32:07.160 either good 00:32:07.160 --> 00:32:08.319 or bad. 00:32:09.319 --> 00:32:09.779 And the 00:32:09.779 --> 00:32:10.559 results will 00:32:10.559 --> 00:32:11.100 be seen 00:32:11.100 --> 00:32:11.580 if not 00:32:11.580 --> 00:32:12.039 now, 00:32:12.279 --> 00:32:13.360 then later. 00:32:13.759 --> 00:32:14.519 The fruit 00:32:14.519 --> 00:32:15.180 of our 00:32:15.180 --> 00:32:15.779 actions 00:32:15.779 --> 00:32:16.720 will be 00:32:16.720 --> 00:32:17.680 unavoidable. 00:32:18.840 --> 00:32:19.100 So, 00:32:19.220 --> 00:32:19.759 verse 8, 00:32:20.460 --> 00:32:20.920 the one 00:32:20.920 --> 00:32:21.620 who sows 00:32:21.620 --> 00:32:22.200 to please 00:32:22.200 --> 00:32:22.740 his sinful 00:32:22.740 --> 00:32:23.240 nature, 00:32:24.400 --> 00:32:25.000 from that 00:32:25.000 --> 00:32:25.420 nature 00:32:25.420 --> 00:32:26.140 will reap 00:32:26.140 --> 00:32:27.680 destruction. 00:32:27.700 --> 00:32:29.519 to push 00:32:29.519 --> 00:32:30.360 God out, 00:32:31.240 --> 00:32:32.559 to ignore 00:32:32.559 --> 00:32:32.920 him, 00:32:33.660 --> 00:32:34.220 is only 00:32:34.220 --> 00:32:35.220 letting sin 00:32:35.220 --> 00:32:36.240 fester 00:32:36.240 --> 00:32:37.799 and grow. 00:32:38.160 --> 00:32:38.519 If you 00:32:38.519 --> 00:32:38.819 like, 00:32:39.039 --> 00:32:39.480 thorns 00:32:39.480 --> 00:32:40.240 and thistles 00:32:40.240 --> 00:32:40.860 surrounding 00:32:40.860 --> 00:32:41.120 us, 00:32:41.240 --> 00:32:41.559 dragging 00:32:41.559 --> 00:32:42.000 us and 00:32:42.000 --> 00:32:42.299 pulling 00:32:42.299 --> 00:32:42.840 us down. 00:32:43.180 --> 00:32:43.600 It's a 00:32:43.600 --> 00:32:44.279 life into 00:32:44.279 --> 00:32:45.120 slavery, 00:32:45.779 --> 00:32:46.220 sorrow, 00:32:46.779 --> 00:32:47.460 and curse, 00:32:48.140 --> 00:32:49.000 and eventual 00:32:49.000 --> 00:32:49.980 judgment. 00:32:49.980 --> 00:32:50.079 fulfillment. 00:32:52.299 --> 00:32:52.839 But, 00:32:53.519 --> 00:32:55.420 the one 00:32:55.420 --> 00:32:56.120 who sows, 00:32:56.240 --> 00:32:56.680 verse 8, 00:32:56.740 --> 00:32:57.279 to please 00:32:57.279 --> 00:32:58.140 the Spirit, 00:32:59.140 --> 00:33:00.140 from the 00:33:00.140 --> 00:33:00.460 Spirit, 00:33:00.660 --> 00:33:01.299 will reap 00:33:01.299 --> 00:33:02.440 eternal 00:33:02.440 --> 00:33:02.980 life. 00:33:03.220 --> 00:33:04.259 To cultivate 00:33:04.259 --> 00:33:05.200 that marriage, 00:33:05.860 --> 00:33:07.000 to break up 00:33:07.000 --> 00:33:07.599 our hard 00:33:07.599 --> 00:33:08.059 hearts, 00:33:08.460 --> 00:33:09.099 to sow 00:33:09.099 --> 00:33:09.759 the seed 00:33:09.759 --> 00:33:10.120 of his 00:33:10.120 --> 00:33:10.599 word, 00:33:10.940 --> 00:33:11.380 to sow 00:33:11.380 --> 00:33:12.099 the gospel 00:33:12.099 --> 00:33:12.839 deep into 00:33:12.839 --> 00:33:13.380 our lives 00:33:13.380 --> 00:33:14.079 continually, 00:33:14.420 --> 00:33:15.220 we will 00:33:15.220 --> 00:33:16.779 reap a rich 00:33:16.779 --> 00:33:17.360 harvest, 00:33:17.359 --> 00:33:18.019 where we 00:33:18.019 --> 00:33:18.679 will know 00:33:18.679 --> 00:33:19.159 God, 00:33:19.559 --> 00:33:20.659 enjoy God, 00:33:21.039 --> 00:33:22.059 and experience 00:33:22.059 --> 00:33:23.519 his unfailing 00:33:23.519 --> 00:33:24.500 love for 00:33:24.500 --> 00:33:25.599 all eternity. 00:33:29.740 --> 00:33:30.859 What are we 00:33:30.859 --> 00:33:31.240 sowing? 00:33:32.839 --> 00:33:34.119 And what are we 00:33:34.119 --> 00:33:35.539 reaping in 00:33:35.539 --> 00:33:36.240 our lives? 00:33:37.379 --> 00:33:38.899 What is our 00:33:38.899 --> 00:33:39.439 marriage 00:33:39.439 --> 00:33:40.539 relationship with 00:33:40.539 --> 00:33:41.379 God like 00:33:41.379 --> 00:33:42.159 today? 00:33:43.779 --> 00:33:44.779 What a 00:33:44.779 --> 00:33:45.199 wonderful 00:33:45.199 --> 00:33:45.919 invitation. 00:33:47.359 --> 00:33:48.240 to reap 00:33:48.240 --> 00:33:48.879 a wonderful 00:33:48.879 --> 00:33:49.559 harvest, 00:33:50.379 --> 00:33:51.399 as we 00:33:51.399 --> 00:33:52.199 sow to 00:33:52.199 --> 00:33:52.740 the Spirit, 00:33:54.079 --> 00:33:54.919 and enrich 00:33:54.919 --> 00:33:56.119 our lives. 00:33:57.299 --> 00:33:58.240 Let's pray 00:33:58.240 --> 00:33:59.299 that God 00:33:59.299 --> 00:33:59.879 will do that 00:33:59.879 --> 00:34:00.519 work in our 00:34:00.519 --> 00:34:01.039 lives, 00:34:01.039 --> 00:34:02.500 right now. 00:34:17.360 --> 00:34:24.300 Father, we 00:34:24.300 --> 00:34:25.000 know that 00:34:25.000 --> 00:34:25.700 you cannot 00:34:25.700 --> 00:34:26.800 be deceived. 00:34:28.840 --> 00:34:29.700 You know 00:34:29.700 --> 00:34:30.660 our hearts 00:34:30.660 --> 00:34:31.360 better than 00:34:31.360 --> 00:34:31.940 ourselves. 00:34:33.440 --> 00:34:34.200 You know 00:34:34.200 --> 00:34:35.980 exactly how 00:34:35.980 --> 00:34:36.760 our relationship 00:34:36.760 --> 00:34:37.579 is with 00:34:37.579 --> 00:34:37.880 you. 00:34:37.880 --> 00:34:54.700 other 00:34:54.700 --> 00:34:55.200 are 00:34:55.200 --> 00:34:55.700 you 00:34:55.700 --> 00:34:56.940 are 00:34:56.940 --> 00:34:57.820 your